Dress-shield cover.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

M. L.-I'0GONI L DRESS SHIELD COVER. APPLIOATION FILED my 10, 1906.

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To (it'l -whom it may concern:

Be itdsnown that l, .Mansannr L. Mo-

CONN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arkansas (Jit in the county of Cowley 5 and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Dress-Sl1ield Covers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to dress shields and relates more articularly to a cover fora dress shield to e made of serge, satin, silk, or other Iii a terial, preferably of the same color of which the coat or cloak is lined. The cover is gconstructed to form a pocket or envelop int which a rubber shield of any kind reaogffound in the market can be removahly h d, the object being to permit the covering to be removed from the shield and laundered when desired. The oover may also be provided with suitable fastening means around the edges thereof or any other suitable, points by which. the shield and cover can he removably secured to the garment.-

Fora further understanding ofthe invention as to the details of construction and features of novelty, reference is to be hadto the following description and to the claims appended thereto.

in the accompanying drawing which illustrates oneembodiinent oi the invention Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dress shield and cover showing one edge turned back and a' oortion broken away to more clearly illustrate the details. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents the cover that is shaped to follow the outline of the shield 2. The shield itself is not perinanently attached to the cover and. it may be of any approved construction such as can be purchased in the market. The cover is preferably made in halves [stitched together over the crease of the shield. 3 represents the sleeve portion of the cover and 4: thebody portion. On each of those portions is an edge piece 5 which may be part of the outside portions and turned under, or as shown in the present instance, they are preferably segmental strips of cloth stitched to the per tions 3 and l along the edges. These edge pieces are disposed under or along the inner surfaces of the two portions and form with the latter pockets for receiving the edge of the rubber shield 2 and securely hold the I same in position.

The shield and cover may be attached to of nests f n otis fir t na -raises. sea-a. S18,2l5.-

f the garment by sewing thesanie thereto,

by preference lemploy suitable fas devices which. permit of the shichreadily attached or removed so that the co can be laundered from time to time and that. kept sanitary. shown in the present in stance, the cover is provided with hooks ti arranged at a number or" points on the in surface of the cover and from the marginal edges thereoi'. found in practice tiiat LULUQ' of such devices are suliicient, one bei' the bottom of each the and one at each end the fold. Z.

The covered shield is placed in the germs... in the usual manner, the portion 3 ertendin into the sleeve and the portion 4 n inside of the body of the garment, e two hooks at the end of the fold Z are fasten-ed to h the garment at the seam between the sleeve and body and the other two hooks are las toned to. the sleeve and body respectively of the garment. h This securely holds cover in place While the pockets at securely hold the rubber shield. When desired to launder the covering, the hoolrs are unfastened so that the entire shield can be removed from the garment. The rubber shield 2 is then removed from the cover so that the cover can be washed without suhjecting the rubber portion of the shield to the injurious effects. that would he produces. if the same were washed with the cover.

It will he observed that with a protective device of the character herein describea man or, woman can talre a pair of cover 1. insert the rubber shields, and attach tl m to his or her cloalr. or coat in an and thereby save the latter from eiZe-c oi perspiration and wear. Coats become rotted out under e spiration, so that the finest o. ings become ragged under z short time, leaving the outside "an o, lining perfectly good. it thus that to re-line the garment is extremely pensive, both as to service and wasted andrenewed. With my inven to however, these objections are entirely oe come, since the shield covers subjected to all the wear and the ill efitects of perspiration, and when they are worn out, they, readily and inexpensively replaced. 7

What I claim as new and desire to by Letters Patent is:- v

A dress shield composed of cover made pockets facing one another between the side afabric pervious to moisture a'ndfolded to form a air of side ortions, the eripheral edges 0 the latter eing double inwardly parallel to the inner surfaces of the respective side portions and forming a pair of marginal portions, an invisible sheet of soft rubber Y covering the inner surface of'the cover and sews?- tached to the marginal pockets at me-50m where the cover is folded, and at the free edges of the side portions for detachably securlng the shield to a garment with the rubber sheet in engagement therewith.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two-witnesses. R MARGARET L. McCONNi Witnesses:

Ross A. Lnsnu, HENRY LEsnM. 

